Brian

 The Lone Peak HS production of “Brigadoon” is closing tonight.  Brian played Charlie Dalrymple, a Scotsman who marries Jean MacLaren, played by Kaitlyn Brunsdale.  Brian sang “I’ll Go Home with Bonnie Jean” and “Come to Me, Bend to Me”, both of which required him to sing very high.  He sang well, danced the sword dance at the wedding, and had a bonny good time in the show.  He also looks dashing in a kilt.  It is a great show, and as always, the students do a great job.  This is Brian’s last Lone Peak production, as he will be graduating in May.

 

 

• spoke in Stake Conference last Sunday
• sang in the choir for Stake Conference
• mock interview on Monday afternoon for State Sterling Scholar
• competed in Region Solo/Ensemble Orchestra Festival in a Mendelssohn octet
• actual interview on Wednesday for State Sterling Scholar and got to eat out with Lone Peak contestants
• competed in Region Solo/Ensemble Vocal Festival in a solo and a duet, besides accompanying lots of other competitors
• competed Friday night in NATS competition (National Association of Teachers of Singing) and advanced to semi-finals in Classical and finals in Legit (musical theater singing)
• competed Saturday in NATS and won both divisions 🙂
• played a wedding gig Saturday night
• attended 5 days of school
• 6 Brigadoon rehearsals
• 3 rehearsals for the One Act competition
• slept in late this morning

Brian competed in the regional Sterling Scholar competition today.  Finalists for the state competition were just announced and Brian was selected as one of the state finalists in Speech and Drama.  Brian now goes on to the state Sterling Scholar competition on March 4th.  Congratulations to Brian!

Good news! Brian has been accepted to BYU for the fall and has received a tuition scholarship. Next month he will find out if he has been accepted into the Music Dance Theatre program at the university. He auditioned for that program on 31 Jan just ten days after his surgery and thought it went very well.

So now it is unanimous-Scott and I are BYU alumni and both our sons are BYU students.

Go Cougars!

Last night was opening night for the Lone Peak HS production of “The Curious Savage”.  It was a GREAT show and the actors and crew were just fantastic.  The performances were funny and touching and the story is really fun.  Brian played Hannibal, who needs to lose weight and plays the violin.  (It’s a secret, but during the show he actually played his viola.)  The show was funny, touching, and thought-provoking about relationships and how we perceive each other.  Everyone should make the effort to attend this wonderful show this week!  It runs each evening at 7 pm through Friday night.